Depression Board decisions

The Board has determined that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including PTSD, depression, and anxiety, were not incurred in service or are otherwise etiologically related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, diagnosed as unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress and unspecified major neurocognitive disorder, is found to be related to his in-service service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a nervous condition was reopened, and the appeal is granted. The case of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as schizoaffective disorder, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and PTSD is remanded.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including depression, mood disorder, dysthymia, major depressive disorder, PTSD, intermittent explosive disorder, psychosis NOS, and anxiety, is related to service as secondary to his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected. The Board finds the Veteran's claims for bilateral hearing loss and a psychiatric disorder to include PTSD and depressive disorder are remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran is granted a TDIU for the periods from October 1, 2016 to April 11, 2017, and from June 1, 2018. The Board finds that the evidence is in equipoise on whether the Veteran has been unable to maintain substantially gainful employment solely due to service-connected disabilities for these periods.

The Veteran's prostate cancer residuals are rated at 40 percent, effective September 1, 2017. Service connection for PTSD and major depressive disorder is denied.

The Board has determined that the May 2011 rating decision contained clear and unmistakable error in failing to consider a broader claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including diagnoses of bipolar disorder, MDD with psychotic features, depression, and anxiety. The Veteran's claims are now granted.

The Board denied service connection for PTSD and other psychiatric conditions, an initial rating for right knee scars, and entitlement to TDIU. The Veteran's claims were not supported by the evidence of record.

The Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with depression results in occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity. The Board has determined that the current rating of 50 percent is appropriate.

The Veteran's appeal for additional separate service connection for depression, anxiety, and PTSD was dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal. The issues of entitlement to a low back disability and an increased rating for other trauma and stressor related disorder are remanded.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Depression was granted, and he is now rated at 50 percent effective April 11, 2016.

The Board has granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, including anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and unspecified trauma and stress-related disorder. The claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left ankle sprain and remanded the issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder, finding that his symptoms did not preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to September 6, 2017.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, tinnitus, and a psychiatric disorder (claimed as depression). The Veteran's current disabilities are not related to his military service.,Service connection was also denied for testicular inflammation with pain (including epididymitis and varicocele), as there is no evidence of such condition in the records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient examination reports and in need of further development. The claims include psychiatric disorders, cardiovascular conditions, low back condition, and type II diabetes mellitus.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD and MDD, should be remanded due to insufficient discussion of the Veteran's lay statements regarding his symptoms and a need for further examination.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination, including obtaining private treatment records and scheduling VA examinations to address the nature and etiology of the claimed psychiatric disability, right wrist disability, left knee arthritis, and GERD with gastropathy.

The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, but denied service connection for skin disability and psychiatric disorder. The case is remanded for further development.